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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
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Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

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A Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) crawls on the forest floor.
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The Great Hermit Crab Migration

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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

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A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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A school of mahi mahi.
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From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

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A female (top left) and male Photerus annecohenae. Note that females are larger than males (sexual dimorphism) and that males have bigger eyes.
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You Light Up My World!

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Hundreds of illustrated red crabs gathering on sand with Santa hats.
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Here Comes Santa Claws

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A blue parrotfish hides among coral.
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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

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A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

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A school of bluefin tuna
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

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